Colubrina greggii, commonly known as Sierra nakedwood[3] or Gregg's colubrina, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae native to eastern Mexico, with a disjunct population in southern Texas in the United States.[4][5][6]
| Colubrina greggii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Colubrina |
| Species: | C. greggii
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| Binomial name | |
| Colubrina greggii | |
Etymology
editThe name honours American botanist Josiah Gregg (1806 – 1850), who collected the holotype near Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1848.[7][8][9]
Description
editColubrina greggii is a shrub 2–3 m in height or a small tree, reaching 5 m. Stems zigzag and are glabrate to loosely sericeous. Leaves are alternately arranged, simple, ovate to lanceolate-ovate or elliptic-ovate, and have finely toothed margins. The blades measure 6–18 cm in length and 3–8 cm in width. Petioles are 4–20 mm long. The inflorescence is a thyrse with 20-80 flowers. Peduncles measure 5–12 mm in length. The flowers are greenish-yellow, with stamens opposite the spoon-shaped petals. Flowering takes place in the spring or summer through fall. Fruiting pedicels are 5–10 mm in length. The fruit is a hard, globose capsule approximately 8–10 mm in diameter, on which calyx remnants form an equatorial ring.[4][6][10][11][12] It is very similar to C. arborescens of southern Florida and the Caribbean, and herbarium specimens of the two species are difficult to distinguish.[13]
Habitat and range
editC. greggii can be found in the states of Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz in Mexico.[12] In Texas, this species is restricted to the lower Rio Grande Valley,[4] where it is associated with Sabal mexicana at 0–10 m (0–33 ft).[12] In Queretaro and Guanajuato, C. greggii can be found in primary and secondary tropical dry forests, xeric shrublands, and oak forests from 300–1,600 m (980–5,250 ft).[14]
Systematics
editColubrina greggii is part of a species complex with C. angustior of San Luis Potosi, southern Tamaulipas, and northern Veracruz and C. yucatanensis of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, and Guatemala's Petén Department. The latter two species were considered varieties of C. greggii until they were raised to full species in 2013.[6][15]
References
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- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Colubrina greggii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T126609388A152905822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T126609388A152905822.en. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Colubrina greggii - S. Wats". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ a b "Colubrina greggii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- ^ a b c Richardson, Alfred; Ken King (2010). Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species. Texas A&M University Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-60344-144-5.
- ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. Vol. 1. Elsevier. p. 241. ISBN 0-444-51784-7.
- ^ a b c Nesom, Guy L. (2013). "Taxonomic Notes on Colubrina (Rhamnaceae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 4: 1–21.
- ^ Blakely, Larry. "Plants whose current scientific names have 'greggii', honoring Josiah Gregg, for the specific epithet". Who's in a Name?. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ "Colubrina greggii S. Watson". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Josiah Gregg - 154". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ Hayden, W. John. "Colubrina greggii Watson; pook'im, balsamo". Flora of Kaxil Kiuic. University of Richmond. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- ^ Richardson, Alfred (1995). Plants of the Rio Grande Delta. University of Texas Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780292785946.
- ^ a b c Nesom, Guy L. "Colubrina greggii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.
- ^ Conrad, Jim (2015-11-29). "Nakedwood's Flowers". Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter. Backyard Nature. Retrieved 2017-12-28.